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Utah Fishing Report

Updated 2-5-10

Weather has been warm enough it may soften low-elevation ice. Use care if you get on Deer Creek or Willard Bay. Those waters normally open up in late February or early March. They may open up a bit earlier than normal if we get more warm weather.

Walleye fishing will start to pick up once the ice is off, and become good by mid or late March.

Still lots of good ice fishing going on, and all of our trout and perch waters. Very good reports have come from Deer Creek this week. Fish Lake continues to have the best action, both fish numbers and size of fish. Best success comes if you move away from the easily accessible spots.

Fly fishing will gradually improve now and become quite good in late March. Not much snow along most of our major streams. Ice is a problem in some spots, but it will be melting soon. Midges are hatching and provide some surface action, best during the warmest part of the day. Standard nymphs are working along the bottom.

Best Reservoirs for Ice Fishing
- Deer Creek for trout and perch
- Strawberry for rainbows and cutthroat
- Flaming Gorge for trout and burbot (upper section has ice)
- Pelican Lake for bluegill & other species
- Red Fleet Reservoir for trout and bluegill
- Steinaker for trout and bluegill
- Hyrum Reservoir for trout
- Rockport Reservoir for trout
- Pineview for small perch
- Scofield for small trout
- Fish Lake for trout, perch
- Mill Meadow for perch
- Navajo Lake for splake

See this extensive collection of ice fishing articles.

Spring Fishing
- Willard Bay and Utah Lake will thaw during late February or early March. Walleye fishing usually picks up in mid-March.
- Green River, Provo River and other trout streams start to become productive during late March and April.
- Lake Powell smallmouth bass fishing becomes hot in April. Some of the best bass fishing of the year takes place in late April. Striped bass fishing also becomes good in April.
- Trout fishing is often very good as ice comes off in the spring. That starts in April at mid-elevation waters like Deer Creek and Rockport.

(This contains highlights from the Utah fishing report on RedRockAdventure.com. Read the full report.)

Good fishing
- Dave Webb

For information and discussion about fishing in Utah visit bigfishtackle.com

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